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Zarah Sultana vs Kirsty Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
Photograph of Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 660 shared comparable votes.

621 same votes 39 different votes 660 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
35 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
35 Aye 71 No
21 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 24 No
Tax 71% aligned 89 shared votes
63 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 78% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 91% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 93% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.6%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
56.1%
16% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,231
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,368 eligible divisions
638
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
593
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Appearances
89
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
162
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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